New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle B - Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Chapter II - Rules of the Office of Cannabis Management
Part 118 - Definitions
Section 118.1 - Definitions
Universal Citation: 9 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 118.1
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) For the purposes of this Chapter the following terms shall have the following meaning:
(1)
Adult-use on-site consumption
premises means a place where the consumption of cannabis occurs and
shall be either a consumption facility or an exception area.
(2)
Advertisement means
advertisement as defined in Part 128 of this Title.
(3)
Advertising means
advertising as defined in Part 128 of this Title.
(4)
Aggregate ownership
interest means the total ownership interest held by the following, or
any combination of the following:
(i) a legal
entity and any legal entity or individual in its multilevel ownership
structure;
(ii) an individual and
the spouse, domestic partner, civil union partner, child, sibling, or parent of
such individual; or
(iii) a legal
entity and any individual with control over such legal entity.
(5)
Applicant
means applicant as defined in article 1 of the Cannabis Law.
(6)
Article 13-E Smoking/Vaping
Exception means a Public Health Law section 1399-Q exempted on-site
consumption license that does not authorize the license holder to engage in the
retail sale of cannabis products.
(7)
Artificially derived
phytocannabinoid means a phytocannabinoid that is created by a
chemical reaction that changes the molecular structure of any chemical
substance derived from Cannabis sativa. Artificially derived phytocannabinoid
does not include:
(i) a naturally-occurring
chemical substance that is separated from Cannabis sativa by a chemical or
mechanical extraction process;
(ii)
phytocannabinoids that are produced by decarboxylation of the
phytocannabinoid's respective naturally-occurring carboxylic acid form without
the use of a chemical catalyst;
(iii) any other chemical substance identified
by the Board; and
(iv) synthetic
tetrahydrocannabinols not derived from the cannabis plant already prohibited as
a Schedule I Controlled Substance in section
3306 of the
public health law and prohibited in paragraph (5) of subdivision (e) of section
123.6 of this Title.
(8)
Attractive to
individuals under twenty-one means attractive to individuals under
twenty-one as defined in Part 128 of this Title.
(9)
Biodiversity means the
inter and intra species variety in the natural world and within ecosystems to
maintain balance and support life and sustain the resilience of biotic and
abiotic systems.
(10)
Board means the New York State Cannabis Control Board as
defined in article 1 of the Cannabis Law.
(11)
Bona fide labor
organization means a local labor union:
(i) that represents employees in this state
with regard to wages, hours and working conditions;
(ii) in which officers have been elected by
secret ballot or otherwise in a manner consistent with federal law;
and
(iii) that is free of
domination or interference by any employer and has received no improper
assistance or support from any employer.
(12)
Brand or Branding means
brand or branding as defined in Part 128 of this Title.
(13)
Cannabis Advisory Board
means the New York State Cannabis Advisory Board as established in section
14 of the Cannabis
Law.
(14)
Cannabis flower
product means any form of cannabis product consisting predominantly of
the flower, buds, and leaves of the cannabis plant, including trimmings
thereof, intended for retail sale to consumers.
(15)
Cannabis merchandise
means a consumer good that does not contain cannabis and includes or displays a
brand of a licensee. Cannabis merchandise is an advertisement and must comply
with Parts 128 and 129 of this Title. Cannabis merchandise may include, but is
not limited to, clothing, hats, pencils, pens, keychains, mugs, water bottles,
beverage glasses, notepads, lanyards, or cannabis paraphernalia.
(16)
Cannabis paraphernalia
means any equipment, product or material of any kind which is primarily
intended or designed for use in the preparation, consumption, or storage of
cannabis products.
(17)
Cannabis waste means all cannabis byproduct, scrap, harvested
cannabis and cannabis-infused products not intended for sale to a consumer or
distribution to an entity licensed or registered under the Cannabis
Law.
(18)
Canopy or
cultivation canopy or canopy area means an area to be calculated in
square feet and measured using clearly identifiable boundaries of all areas(s)
that will contain non-immature cannabis, which excludes seedlings or small
clones, including the space(s) within the boundaries. Canopy may be
noncontiguous, but each unique area included in the total canopy calculations
shall be separated by an identifiable boundary, including, but not limited to,
interior walls, shelves, greenhouse walls, hoop house walls, garden benches,
hedge rows, fencing, garden beds, or garden plots.
(19)
Canopy tier or tier
means the level of cultivation canopy in which a licensee is permitted to
cultivate within minimum and maximum square footage ranges as defined for each
license type.
(20)
Cash means U.S. currency, certified check, money order,
electronic funds transfer, bank officer's check or draft, or a check drawn on
an account.
(21)
Certificate of analysis means certificate of analysis as
defined in Part 130 of this Title.
(22)
Civil practice law and rules or
CPLR means Chapter 8 of the Consolidated Laws of New York.
(23)
Collective means an
applicant or license granted under section
70 of the Cannabis
Law and organized pursuant to subdivision (h) and (i) of section
123.13 of this Title.
(24)
Community board means
an advisory body operating under the jurisdiction of the New York City
government, comprised of members appointed by their respective borough
president, having the primary functions of assessing the needs of and advising
elected officials and local government agencies on matters affecting the social
welfare of their districts.
(25)
Concentrate or Concentrated
cannabis means concentrated cannabis as defined in article 1 of the
Cannabis Law.
(26)
Consumption facility means an adult-use on-site consumption
premises at which both the consumption of cannabis products and the retail sale
of cannabis products to consumers may occur and is either a limited retail
consumption facility or a microbusiness.
(27)
Consume or consumption or
consuming means the inhalation, which includes but is not limited to
smoking and vaping; ingestion; application; or use of cannabis products,
medical cannabis, and cannabinoid hemp products.
(28)
Control or controlling
interest means the authority to order or direct the management,
operations, managers, or policies of a person, including, but not limited to,
the ability or authority, expressed or reserved, to:
(i) amend or change the corporate or
operating identity (e.g., joint venture agreement or unincorporated business
status) of a person;
(ii) approve
operating and capital budgets for the person;
(iii) adopt, approve, or direct fiscal
operating policies and procedures;
(iv) approve debt necessary to finance the
person's costs of compliance with operational or facility standards required by
law;
(v) approve contracts for
management of facility services;
(vi) hire or dismiss executive
personnel;
(vii) maintain and
control the books and financial records of the person, including, but not
limited to, co-signing bank accounts and the power to authorize capital outlays
and spending;
(viii) encumber the
assets of the person by way of mortgage or other indebtedness; and
(ix) dissolve the person or arrange for sale
or transfer of the person to new ownership or control.
(29)
Cooperative means an
applicant or license granted under section
70 of the Cannabis
Law and organized pursuant to New York State Cooperative Law and subdivision
(g) of section
123.13 of this Title.
(30)
Corrective action plan
means a corrective action plan as defined in Part 133 of this Title.
(31)
Craft product means a
flower or pre-roll cannabis product, or any cannabis product that meets the
'craft designation' as established by the Office, which shall be hang-dried,
processed, and manufactured exclusively by:
(i) a licensed Tier 1 cultivator with a set
canopy tier as set forth under subparagraph (i) of paragraph (2) of subdivision
(b) of section
120.3 of this Title, and shall only
use cannabis or cannabis material that is cultivated by said licensee, and not
sourced from another cultivator, processor, or any other licensee; or
(ii) a licensed microbusiness of any
type.
(32)
Cultivation means the agricultural production practices of
soil preparation, planting, micropropagation-tissue culture, growing, cloning,
harvesting, drying, curing, grading, and trimming of cannabis plants for sale
to certain other categories of cannabis license and permit holders.
(33)
Date of expiration
means date of expiration as defined in Part 128 of this Title.
(34)
Debarment means
debarment as defined in Part 133 of this Title.
(35)
Edible or Cannabis Edible
Product means edible as defined in Part 128 of this Title.
(36)
Electronic signature
means an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically
associated with an electronic record and executed or adopted by an individual
with the intent to sign the record.
(37)
Employee in charge
means an individual twenty-one (21) years of age or older at management level
designated by a retail dispensary to be responsible to perform or oversee the
performance of the tasks in section
123.10 of this Title and any other
tasks required by the retail dispensary.
(38)
Exception Area means an
adult-use on-site consumption premises at which the consumption of cannabis
products may occur but the retail sale of cannabis to consumers may only occur
on the licensed premises during a cannabis event pursuant to section
120.19 of this Title.
(39)
Extracting means the
process of concentrating or isolating one or more phytochemicals, including,
but not limited to, phytocannabinoids and terpenes from cannabis.
(40)
Exit package means exit
package as defined in Part 128 of this Title.
(41)
Financial institution
means any bank, mutual savings bank, consumer loan company, credit union,
savings and loan association, trust company, or other lending institution under
the jurisdiction of the New York State Department of Financial
Services.
(42)
Financial
interest means any actual or future right to ownership, inclusive of
all restricted stock units, options, warrants, or any other interest that can
be converted into a share of voting stock or equity investment, or compensation
arrangement with another person, either directly or indirectly, through
business, investment, spouse, domestic partner, parent or child; provided
however, that with respect to a compensation arrangement the compensation, over
the course of a calendar year, exceeds the greater of:
(i) 10% of revenue,
(ii) 50% of net profit, or
(iii) $250,000. A person with a financial
interest does not include a passive investor or salaried employee earning
income in excess of the compensation limits set herein.
(43)
Financier means any
person, other than financial institution, that provides capital as a gift,
provides a grant, or lends capital pursuant to a secured or unsecured financing
agreement. Agreements will be assessed based on current and future right to
ownership or interest on the licensee, including, but not limited to, interest
in the event of default, bankruptcy, or reorganization. A financier may not
receive an ownership interest; control of the business; gross profits or net
profits; a profit-sharing interest; a percentage of the profits in exchange for
a gift, grant, or loan; or a share of revenue in excess of the greater of the
following over a calendar year:
(i) 10% of
gross revenue,
(ii) 50% of net
profit, or
(iii)
$250,000.
(44)
Fine Particles mean particles or droplets present in air that
are two and one-half microns (2.5'm) or less in width.
(45)
Flavoredshall mean a
cannabis product with a distinguishable taste or aroma, other than the taste or
aroma of cannabis, imparted either prior to or during consumption of such
product or a component part thereof, including, but not limited to, tastes or
aromas relating to specific foods or beverages or any concept flavor that
imparts a taste or aroma that is distinguishable from the taste or aroma of
cannabis. A cannabis product shall be presumed to be flavored if a licensee or
a licensee's agent or employee has made a statement or claim directed to
consumers or the public, whether expressed or implied, that such cannabis
product has a distinguishable taste or aroma other than the naturally occurring
taste or aroma of cannabis. A cannabis product shall not be presumed to be
flavored solely due to the cultivar used in the product.
(46)
General use pesticide
means general use pesticide as defined in article 33 of the Environmental
Conservation Law
(47)
Goods
and services agreement means goods and services agreement as described
in Part 124 of this Title.
(48)
Greenhouse means structure or thermally isolated enclosed area
with rigid walls that maintains a specialized conditioned and sunlit
environment used for and essential to the cultivation, protection, or
maintenance of plants. It can include additional artificial lighting and
climate controls based on cultivation techniques used.
(49)
Ground transport means
transportation that is over land and not on water or in the air with the
exception of, and for the purposes of this Chapter, a ferry.
(50)
Harvest batch means a
unit of cannabis produced during a period of time under similar conditions,
identifiable by a lot unique identifier that allows traceability.
(51)
Hoop house means
specialized unconditioned agricultural equipment having a framework covered
with demountable non-rigid materials unsealed from the outdoor elements, which
allows for penetration of sunlight to cannabis plants, specifically designed,
constructed, and used for agricultural production. A hoop house may include up
to 20 artificial lights for the propagation of seedlings or clones. Lights
shall meet photosynthetic photon efficacy (PPE) requirements as determined by
the Office.
(52)
Horticultural lighting equipment (HLE) means any lighting
equipment, including, but not limited to, fixtures, bulbs, ballasts, and
controls that uses energy for the production of seeds, seedlings, and clones,
or the cultivation of mature cannabis plants.
(53)
House of worship means
a whole building owned or leased by a religious corporation as described by New
York State Religious Corporation Law or used by a religious corporation or
association of any denomination pursuant to the written permission of the owner
thereof, which is used by members exclusively as a meeting place for divine
worship or other religious observances presided over by a member of the
clergy.
(54)
Immature
cannabis plant or immature plant means a cannabis plant which does not
have a flower or buds that may be observed by visual examination.
(55)
Indoor or indoors shall
mean an area which is completely enclosed on all sides by solid
floor-to-ceiling walls, windows, doors, or solid floor-to-ceiling partitions
and which complies with all applicable Building Code and Fire Code
requirements. Areas which are not completely enclosed on all sides by solid
floor-to-ceiling walls, windows, or solid floor-to-ceiling partitions, but are
also not easily ventilated by wind or natural air, may be deemed sufficiently
similar to an indoor area by the Office after a review of the premises or site
plan. Areas deemed sufficiently similar to an indoor area by the Office shall
comply with requirements of this Title which pertain to indoor areas of an
adult-use on-site consumption premises.
(56)
Indoor cultivation
means the cultivation of cannabis within an indoor climate-controlled structure
using only artificial light, heat, carbon dioxide generators, and
dehumidification.
(57)
Integrated pest management (IPM) principles means the
following:
(i) identifying pests, their hosts,
and beneficial organisms before acting;
(ii) establishing monitoring guidelines for
each pest species;
(iii)
establishing an action threshold for the pest;
(iv) evaluating and implementing control
tactics; and
(v) monitoring,
evaluating, and documenting the results.
(58)
License means license
as defined in article 1 of the Cannabis Law.
(59)
Licensee means licensee
as defined in article 1 of the Cannabis Law.
(60)
Limited retail consumption
facility shall mean a type of consumption facility which is a distinct
area located within the licensed premises of a specific retail
dispensary.
(61)
Local
law means a local rule or local regulation or local ordinance or
action which is adopted by the municipality on matters otherwise not preempted
by the Cannabis Law, provided, however, that such local law shall not be
unreasonably impracticable as determined by the Board.
(62)
Lot unique identifier or lot
number or bar code means any distinctive combination of letters,
numbers, or symbols, or any combination of them, from which the complete
history of cultivation, manufacturing, processing, testing, custody,
distribution, or recall of a lot of cannabis, medical cannabis product or
cannabis product can be determined.
(63)
Manufacturing means to
treat, modify, compound, package, or otherwise manipulate cannabis or cannabis
extract into a cannabis product. Manufacturing shall not include cultivation,
as defined in article 1 of the Cannabis Law, or extracting as defined in this
Part.
(64)
Marihuana-related offense means an offense defined in:
(i) former sections
220.03 and
220.06 of the
Penal Law where the sole controlled substance involved was concentrated
cannabis,
(ii) former sections
221.05,
221.10,
221.15,
221.20,
221.35, or
221.40 of the
Penal Law,
(iii) section
105.05 of the
Penal Law prior to the effective date of chapter ninety-two of the laws of two
thousand twenty-one and the sole conduct involved was an offense defined in
former sections
221.35 or
221.40 of the
Penal Law,
(iv) former section
3382 of the
Public Health Law prior to the effective date as prescribed in subdivision nine
of section
222.15 of the
Penal Law, and the cultivation of such cannabis plants was solely for personal
possession and use,
(v) article two
hundred twenty or section
240.36 of the
Penal Law prior to the effective date of former article two hundred twenty-one
of the Penal Law and the sole controlled substance involved was marihuana and
the conviction was only for a misdemeanor and/or violation, or
(vi) any offense identified by the Office to
be a marihuana-related offense.
(65)
Mature cannabis plant
means a cannabis plant that has observable buds or flowers.
(66)
Medical necessity means
factors used to determine whether or not the Board will grant a license to an
applicant which will result in providing medical cannabis to an underserved
geographic area.
(67)
Mechanical extraction means extraction using pressure, heat or
cold to extract cannabinoids, and includes rosin presses, dry ice or other
similar processes, without employing solvents or gases, approved by the
Office.
(68)
Mixed
Light means cultivation of mature cannabis in a greenhouse, hoop-house
with cannabis cultivation lights, glasshouse, conservatory, hothouse, or
similar structure, using a combination of sunlight and lighting with all
lighting requirements meeting the photosynthetic photon efficacy standards for
the mixed-light tier set out in section
125.1 of this Title.
(69)
Mother plant means an
immature cannabis plant that is maintained in an immature state indefinitely
and intended to be used for propagation.
(70)
Municipality or
municipalities means an administrative or governing body with the
authority to enact any local regulations in a town, city, or village in New
York State.
(71)
Net
profitmeans net income according to Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles (GAAP).
(72)
Non-consumer package means non-consumer package as defined in
Part 128 of this Title.
(73)
Nursery area shall mean an area to be calculated in square
feet and measured using clearly identifiable boundaries of all areas(s) that
will be used to produce clones, seedlings, immature cannabis plants, cloned
propagation material, tissue culture and cannabis seeds, including the space(s)
within the boundaries. Provided that the primary purpose of the area is to
produce clones, seedlings, immature cannabis plants, cloned propagation
material, tissue culture or cannabis seeds, a nursery area may also contain
mature and immature cannabis plants. A nursery area may be noncontiguous, but
each unique area included in the total area calculations shall be separated by
an identifiable boundary, including, but not limited to, interior walls,
shelves, greenhouse walls, hoop house walls, garden benches, hedge rows,
fencing, garden beds, or garden plots.
(74)
Office means New York
State Office of Cannabis Management as defined in article 1 of the Cannabis
Law
(75)
Outdoor
cultivation means the cultivation of mature cannabis under natural
sunlight and weather conditions.
(76)
Passive investor means
a person that is a true party of interest of a licensee:
(i) with an ownership interest, whether such
shares or interest are current voting shares, future voting shares, current
equity shares or future equity share of the applicant or licensee, and does not
otherwise have any control or influence over the applicant or licensee, of no
more than:
(a) 5% percent of the outstanding
shares or interest of an applicant or licensee whose shares are publicly
traded,
(b) 10% of the outstanding
shares or interest of a non-publicly traded ROD license and microbusiness
license, or
(c) 20% of the
outstanding shares or interest of any other entity; or
(ii) who guarantees the lease of that
licensee; and
(iii) where the total
shares outstanding of future equity or future voting share classes shall be
calculated as the entity's fully diluted share count (inclusive of all
restricted stock units, options, warrants, or any other interest that can be
converted into a share of voting stock or equity), less contingent or future
shares owned by persons who's financial or controlling interest in an entity is
active.
(77)
Person means an individual, institution, corporation,
government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate,
trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity.
(78)
Pests means rodents,
birds, insects, plants, fungi, bacteria, or other animals or organisms that
present a potential threat or contamination to cannabis plants and cannabis
products.
(79)
Photosynthetic photon efficacy (PPE) means the measure of
photon output in micromoles per second divided by the watts needed to produce
the light.
(80)
Phytocannabinoid means phytocannabinoid as defined in Part 128
of this Title.
(81)
Plant
protection products means products applied during the cultivation of
cannabis including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and
rodenticides.
(82)
Private
application means private application as defined in article 33 of the
Environmental Conservation Law.
(83)
Processing means,
amongst other things, blending, extracting, infusing, packaging, labeling,
branding or otherwise making cannabis products.
(84)
Processor means
processor as defined in article 1 of the Cannabis Law.
(85)
Propagation area means
an area to be calculated in square feet and measured using clearly identifiable
boundaries of all areas(s) that will contain only immature cannabis, seedlings,
small clones and/or mother plants, including the space(s) within the
boundaries. Propagation areas may be noncontiguous, but each unique area
included in the total propagation area calculations shall be separated by an
identifiable boundary, including, but not limited to, interior walls, shelves,
greenhouse walls, hoop house walls, garden benches, hedge rows, fencing, garden
beds, or garden plots.
(86)
Provisional license means approval provided to an applicant
that, notwithstanding any other outstanding requirement or condition for
licensure, satisfies conditions determined by the Board to be necessary and
relevant to the particular license type sought, which may be used by the
applicant to secure a location in order to receive final approval by the Board.
A provisional license does not authorize the provisional licensee to engage in
licensed activities under the Cannabis Law.
(87)
Provisional licensee
means someone who holds a provisional license.
(88)
Public convenience and advantage
standards mean factors used to determine whether or not the Board will
grant a license to a licensee which will not result in over saturation of
adult-use cannabis licensees.
(89)
Public youth facility means a location or structure owned by a
government or government subdivision or agency, that is accessible to the
public, where the primary purpose is to provide recreational opportunities or
services to children or adolescents of whom the primary population is
reasonably expected to be seventeen (17) years of age or younger.
(90)
Record means books,
ledgers, documents, writings, photocopies, correspondence, electronic storage
media, electronically stored records, money receptacles, equipment in which
records are stored, or any other document that is used for recording
information.
(91)
Registered organization with dispensing or ROD means a
registered organization adult-use cultivator processor distributor retail
dispensary licensed pursuant to section
68-a of the
Cannabis Law.
(92)
Registered organization non-dispensing or ROND means a
registered organization adult-use cultivator, processor and distributor
licensed pursuant to section
68-b of the
Cannabis Law.
(93)
Retail
advertising specialty is cannabis merchandise that a licensee provides
to a retail dispensary that is not intended for retail sale at the dispensary.
Examples of retailer advertising specialties include trays, rolling papers,
mats, menu cards, matches, paper napkins, filters, thermometers, clocks,
shirts, hats, visors, branded signs, refrigerators, display cabinets, art, and
calendars. All items shall comply with Part 129 of this Title and cannot be
attractive to individuals under the age of twenty-one and all apparel shall be
available in adult sizes only. The manufacturer or wholesaler may add the name
or address of the retailer to the retailer advertising specialty.
(94)
Retail package means
retail package as defined in Part 128 of this Title.
(95)
Road means any wide way
leading from one place to another, including, but not limited to, an alley,
avenue, boulevard, causeway, court, crescent, drive, lane, loop, place, plaza,
promenade, street, terrace, or way.
(96)
School grounds means
any building, structure and surrounding outdoor grounds, including entrances or
exits, contained within a public or private pre-school, nursery school,
elementary or secondary school's legally defined property boundaries as
registered in a county clerk's office as defined by section
409 of the
Education Law.
(97)
Secondary school means a school between the elementary school
and the college or university.
(98)
Serious adverse event means serious adverse event as defined
in Part 113 of this Title.
(99)
Social and economic equity applicant means an individual or an
entity that:
(i) is an applicant for an
adult-use license pursuant to Part 121 of this Title; and
(ii) may be eligible for priority licensing
pursuant to article 4 of the Cannabis Law.
(100)
Social and economic equity
licensee means an individual or an entity that:
(i) meets the qualifications of an individual
from a community disproportionately impacted, a minority-owned business,
women-owned business, a distressed farmer, or service-disabled veteran
described in Part 121 of this Title; and
(ii) has been granted an adult-use license
subject to Part 120 of this Title.
(101)
Sole Control means a person or
persons who:
(i) has real,
substantial, and continuing ownership of 51% equity share in the
business;
(ii) has the right to
execute any material contracts;
(iii) has the ability to exercise the
authority to materially influence the day-to-day business decisions,
operations, strategic priorities, capital allocations, acquisitions and
divestments;
(iv) has no timed or
triggered recusal provisions or side letters or side agreements related to
their recusal; and
(v) has an
ability to direct decisions, voting or otherwise, such that no other person may
exercise or have the ability to control the majority of voting rights or
appoint or remove the majority of director seats or their equivalent or
corporate officers or their equivalent on the governing body.
(102)
Structure
means any object constructed, installed or placed on land to facilitate land
use and development or subdivision of land, including, but not limited to,
buildings, fences, enclosures and any fixtures, additions and alterations
thereto.
(103)
Tincture means a non-potable edible cannabis product that is a
cannabis extract solution, intended for human consumption or ingestion,
dissolved in alcohol, glycerin, or plant-based oil.
(104)
Third-party platform or
marketplace or aggregator means an entity hosting, maintaining, or
otherwise providing a marketplace or aggregator service that advertises,
markets, promotes, or otherwise lists cannabis products.
(105)
True Party of
Interest:
(i) includes the
following:
(a) the applicant or licensee's
sole proprietor, partner (whether limited or general), member, manager,
president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, officer, board member,
trustee, director, or any person with an equivalent title to each of the
foregoing in any entity in the applicant or licensee's ownership
structure;
(b) a stockholder of the
applicant or licensee;
(c) each
person that makes up the ownership structure of each level of ownership for an
applicant or licensee that has a multilevel ownership structure;
(d) a person with a right to receive
aggregate payments in a calendar year, as part of a risk sharing or goods and
services agreement, that exceeds the greater of the following, as measured in
that calendar year:
(1) 10% of the gross
revenue of an applicant or licensee;
(2) 50% of the net profit of an applicant or
licensee; or
(3) $250,000 from an
applicant or licensee;
(e) a person with a financial interest in the
applicant or licensee;
(f) a person
that has authority to or exercises control over the applicant or licensee by
controlling interest or otherwise;
(g) a person that assumes responsibility for
the debts of the applicant or licensee;
(h) a spouse of any individual in clause (a), (b) and
(c) of this subparagraph; or
(i)
any other person that may have a direct or indirect interest, as may be
determined by the Office, consistent with the policies and purpose of the
Cannabis Law; and
(ii)
does not include a person who:
(a) receives
payment for rent on a fixed basis under a lease or rental agreement relating to
applicant or licensee. The Office may investigate a landlord in situations
where a rental payment has been waived or deferred;
(b) receives a bonus or commission from the
applicant or licensee based on the individual's sales, so long as the
commission does not exceed 10% of the sales of the applicant or licensee in any
given bonus or commission period, unless otherwise determined by the Office.
Commission-based compensation agreements shall be in writing;
(c) contracts with the applicant or licensee
to receive a commission for the sale of the business or real
property;
(d) consults receiving a
flat or hourly rate of compensation from an applicant or licensee under a goods
and services agreement, unless such compensation exceeds the greater of the
following, as measured in that calendar year:
(1) 10% of the gross revenue of such
applicant or licensee;
(2) 50% of
the net profit of such applicant or licensee; or
(3) $250,000 from such applicant or
licensee;
(e) is a goods
and services provider, as long as the applicant or licensee retains the right
to and controls the business and such payments for such goods or services do
not exceed the greater of the following, as measured in that calendar year:
(1) 10% of the gross revenue of such
applicant or licensee;
(2) 50% of
the net profit of such applicant or licensee; or
(3) $250,000 from such applicant or
licensee;
(f) is a
financial institution;
(g) is a
financier; or
(h) may be determined
by the Office.
(106)
Use by date means use
by date as defined in Part 128 of this Title.
(107)
Working stock means
part of the inventory available for average demand in a given period which may
be defined by the Office.
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